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SMU won't have on-campus bar
Southern Methodist University will not open a bar on its University Park, Texas, campus, and administrators will create more Friday morning classes to curtail Thursday-night partying, SMU President Gerald Turner says. Turner's announcement puts an end to the idea – at least for now – that the university should provide opportunities to teach students how to drink alcohol responsibly on campus. Turner's decisions, outlined in a 22-page report, cap nearly a year's worth of work by a group of school leaders, professors and students. He convened the task force last year after three students died from drug or alcohol overdoses.